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Monday, August 08, 2016



New Fisk

It's sad but true that in colonial times, our government was better at responding to human rights abuses abroad than it is now

Posted by Idiot/Savant at 8/08/2016 11:15:00 AM

Labels: Human Rights, Robert Fisk, UK

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